President Donald Trump has delivered a stern ultimatum to the Islamic Republic of Iran during his official visit to the Middle East.
During his first major speech in Saudi Arabia, Trump warned Iran that the rogue nation must give up nuclear weapons and cease attacks on neighbors or face “massive maximum pressure.”
In his address to business leaders in Riyadh, Trump said:
“If Iran’s leadership rejects the olive branch and continues to attack their neighbors, then we will have no choice but to inflict massive maximum pressure.
“The choice is theirs to make,” he added.
Though Trump said he wants to make a deal with Iran and see Tehran prosper, his comments came after he first went after the Iranian regime.
He accused Iran’s leaders of not only deteriorating their own nation, but the region at large.
“Iran’s leaders have focused on stealing their people’s wealth to fund terror and bloodshed abroad,” Trump said.
“Most tragic of all, they have dragged down an entire region with them.”
The president pointed to the “countless lives lost” in Iran’s effort to prop up the former Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria, which collapsed in December.
He also blamed Iran’s support of Hezbollah for the downfall of Beirut.
Trump argued that Beirut was “once called the Paris of the Middle East.”
“Can you imagine all of this misery and so much more was entirely avoidable, absolutely avoidable,” Trump said.
Trump asserted the Biden administration’s removal of some sanctions on Tehran allowed Iran to finance terrorist organizations, including Hamas.
He noted that this action led to the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel.
“If only the Iranian regime had focused on building their nation up instead of tearing the region down,” Trump continued.
“Yet I’m here today not merely to condemn the past chaos of Iran’s leaders, but to offer them a new path and a much better path toward a far better and more hopeful future.
“In the case of Iran, I have never believed in having permanent enemies,” he said.
“Enemies get you motivated.
“In fact, some of the closest friends of the United States of America are nations we fought wars against in generations past,” Trump pointed out.
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President Trump Extends Olive Branch to Iran with a Firm Warning: Peace or I will Inflict Maximum Pressure
“I’m here today to not condemn the past chaos of Irans leaders, but to offer them a new path to a far better and more hopeful future.
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